PCT Day 108, 28 August 2022 (Sunday)
Canada, You're Early"
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Start Location: |
Holman Creek Trail Junction |
Destination: |
Northern Terminus At Canadian Border |
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PCT Miles Day 108: |
17.0 |
Cum PCT Miles: |
2,007.4 |
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Non-PCT Miles Day 108: |
17.6 |
Cum All Miles: |
2139.0 |
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PCT Miles Remaining: |
645.4 |
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Elevation Gain Day 108: |
2,850 |
Cum Elevation Gain: |
353,811 |
Note: Total miles today was 34, but only 17 count as official; also, total elevation gain was 6,446’, but only 2,850 was official.
Well, today was the day, I got to the Northern Terminus at the Canadian border. Some think of it as reaching Canada, I think of it as getting to the end of Washington (and being done with Washington...almost). It wasn’t when I was expecting to get there, or how I expected to get there, but I did get there. And it’s nice to have finished Washington, and my first completed state. Funny how Washington was supposed to be the last state completed, but now it’s the first.
Well, today was the day, I got to the Northern Terminus at the Canadian border. Some think of it as reaching Canada, I think of it as getting to the end of Washington (and being done with Washington...almost). It wasn’t when I was expecting to get there, or how I expected to get there, but I did get there. And it’s nice to have finished Washington, and my first completed state. Funny how Washington was supposed to be the last state completed, but now it’s the first.
I have a phantom feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment having reached Canada. But that feeling is so fleeting, it's as if I didn't even experience it as I still have over 600 miles to complete the PCT.
It was cold again in the morning, but it did warm up and was a comfortable day. It was a long day, though, with 34 miles of hiking, my most yet. It was still smoky today, but that wasn’t a real problem.
With hikers tagging the border and then returning back down the trail, you really see just how many people are out here. It actually took me longer to complete today’s hike because I kept running into people I’d met somewhere along the trail. I didn’t really realize how many people I’d met out here since I’ll usually see someone for a few days and then don’t see them again. But a lot of people are bunched up around the border right now.
My plan of keeping my tent set up at Holman Creek worked out great. It was a very long day, as expected, but it was obviously doable. It was also nice to not have to worry about finding a tentsite, and to get back and only have to eat dinner and then get inside my tent.
It was cold again in the morning, but it did warm up and was a comfortable day. It was a long day, though, with 34 miles of hiking, my most yet. It was still smoky today, but that wasn’t a real problem.
With hikers tagging the border and then returning back down the trail, you really see just how many people are out here. It actually took me longer to complete today’s hike because I kept running into people I’d met somewhere along the trail. I didn’t really realize how many people I’d met out here since I’ll usually see someone for a few days and then don’t see them again. But a lot of people are bunched up around the border right now.
My plan of keeping my tent set up at Holman Creek worked out great. It was a very long day, as expected, but it was obviously doable. It was also nice to not have to worry about finding a tentsite, and to get back and only have to eat dinner and then get inside my tent.
BTW, I also reached 2,000 miles hiked today.
Rock Pass
Hopkins Lake
The National Forest Service (NFS) seemingly reinforcing, in the last few miles of trail, that it is a terrible and negligent steward of the PCT
A line of cleared trees is the border between the U.S. and Canada
The trail into Canada from the Northern Terminus, if you could enter
Me at the Northern Terminus at the Canadian border
Full Northern Terminus Monument
Hopkins Lake
The National Forest Service (NFS) seemingly reinforcing, in the last few miles of trail, that it is a terrible and negligent steward of the PCT
A line of cleared trees is the border between the U.S. and Canada
The trail into Canada from the Northern Terminus, if you could enter
Me at the Northern Terminus at the Canadian border
Full Northern Terminus Monument
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